06 November 2014

Fred Schubert

The work of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) professor and SPIE Fellow Fred Schubert was cited in the announcement of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics winners made by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences earlier this month.

As a pioneer in the field of LED technology, Schubert is globally recognized as an expert in compound semiconductor materials and devices, particularly the doping of compound semiconductors.

Schubert's primary research interest is in the field of compound semiconductor materials and devices. His studies include epitaxial growth, materials characterization, device processing and fabrication, device design, and device characterization. Devices include heterobipolar transistors, lasers and light-emitting diodes for communication, lighting, and sensing applications.

He is the author of three books: Doping in III-V Semiconductors, Delta Doping of Semiconductors, and Light-Emitting Diodes. He is the inventor and co-inventor of 35 patents and is an author of more than 300 papers published in scientific journals including 38 in the SPIE Digital Library.